Husband guilty of Nisha murder

THE cheating husband of special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri was found guilty today of organising her murder. Fadi Nasri, 34, had his wife stabbed at their home in Wembley, north London, in May 2006 while he went out to play snooker.

He said the killers had “lied during both the investigation and the trial, to cover up that between them they plotted to enter Nisha's home and kill her out of greed”.

“The fact that her husband instigated the plan to free himself of his debts and be with his girlfriend is the final betrayal,” he added.

“Nisha was a hard-working and well-liked person whose life revolved around her family work and commitment to the community as a special constable. For her life to be ended in this way is a tragedy.”

When Mrs Patel-Nasri was killed in May 2006, detectives first thought she had gone outside to investigate a disturbance.

But following months of painstaking investigation it became clear that her husband stood to benefit from her death and had been co-ordinating events with her killers on the night she died

Remanded in custody

Nasri, Leslie and Jones were all remanded in custody and sentencing was adjourned until June 20.

The judge told the jury of two women and 10 men that he would excuse them from serving on a jury again.

The Recorder of London Judge Peter Beaumont said: “You have given to this case far more than the average jury.”

He said Nasri and Leslie had not completed their legal aid forms and asked for a report from the Legal Services Commission or police on whether the cost of their defence could be recovered.

Crime Prosecution Service lawyer Moya Reed said: “Initially, it appeared that Nisha Patel-Nasri was the victim of a horrific stranger attack while Fadi Nasri portrayed himself as the grieving husband.

“He made an emotional television appeal and stated that his wife's killer should be brought to justice. But very gradually, it became abundantly clear that Fadi Nasri was not merely complicit in Nisha's death but had instigated it.

“Fadi Nasri had always claimed to know why his wife had been killed but he consistently refused to tell police.

“On the night of the murder the only person who could have provided to her killer the front door key to enter the house and the murder weapon - Nisha's own kitchen knife - was her husband of three years, Fadi Nasri."

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